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The Splendid Sampler™: Block 74

The 74h block of The Splendid Sampler™ is called “Button Basket”, by Karen Costello Soltys. The main difficulty of this one was to sew the bias strip for the basket’s handle. I tried to follow the instructions, but I couldn’t manage to top-stitch the handle in place, so I hand-stitched it with a blind stitch. I don’t like to add buttons to a quilt (not until it’s quilted, at least), so for the moment I’ve substituted them for a cross-stitch.

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2 thoughts on “The Splendid Sampler™: Block 74”

Your basket is very pretty Ariadna! You are probably very sensible to add the buttons at the end! I always add mine as I go along and then have difficulty putting a ruler on the block/quilt to straighten the edges! Christine x

Thank you Christine! I haven’t decided yet what use will have the Sampler: if it ends as a wall-hanging I may add the buttons. If it’s gonna be a blanket, I will probably not. But anyway, quilting this one will be a big challenge, so better to ease things as much as possible ;-)

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